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Job Description

Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-4041.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,220.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 20.00
Currently, there are 391,120 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Machinists”.

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Tasks for “Tool and Die Machinist”

Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.

Related Technology & Tools

Personal computers
Combination drills
Dial calipers
Wedges
Shapers
Hand clamps
Prick punches
Cold chisels
Shielded arc welding tools
Feeler gauges
Socket wrench sets
Boring bars
Reamers
Horizontal mills
Sharpening equipment
Cutoff saws
Screw pitch gauges
Tongs
Utility knives
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Ladders
Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
Milling machines
Surface grinding machines
Milling angle form cutters
Crankshaft grinders
V blocks
Desktop computers
Phillips head screwdrivers
Platforms
Brazing equipment
Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Planer gauges
Swaging tools
Grinding dogs
Anvils
Pillar drill machines
Cold saws
Vernier calipers
Metal cutting taps
Metal shears
Machinists' hammers
Hex keys
Buffers
Hermaphrodite calipers
Tube benders
Chamfer tools
Machine shop rigging equipment
Vernier height gauges
Needlenose pliers
Inside spring calipers
Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
Pipe wrenches
Soldering equipment
Half-round files
Shims
Forklifts
Arbor presses
Sledgehammers
Centrifugal spin casters
Breaker lathes
Welding shields
Angle plates
Angled feeler gauges
Spirit levels
Broachers
Jointers
Pipe threaders
Marking blocks
Radial drills
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Hex wrenches
Sandblasters
Radius gauges
Power sanders
Shears
Heat-treating equipment
Hydraulic presses
Dial indicators
Spindle blade screwdrivers
Ball peen hammers
Putty knives
Combination pliers
Brake presses
Horizontal boring bars
Undercut tools
Welding lenses
Ring gauges
Telescoping gauges
Power drills
Grinders
Chippers
Surface gauges
Full face shields
Adjustable wrenches
Drum lathes
Beverly shears
Plasma welders
Flywheel lathes
Machinists' squares
Brass hammers
Side cutting pliers
Hacksaws
Valve grinding machines
Gauges
Resurfacing machines
Power hacksaws
Scribers
Sensitive drill presses
Vertical turret lathes VTL
Lathes
Sine bars
Channel lock pliers
Steel rules
Hand saws
Screwdrivers
Binocular light compound microscopes
Steel wedges
Personal digital assistants PDA
Oxyacetylene welding equipment
Vernier bevel protractors
Outside spring calipers
Combination wrenches
Laser printers
Bandsaws
Center drills
Deburring tools
Height gauges
Handheld welders
Portable welding equipment
Cylinder honers
Square chisels
Planers
Composition hammers
Staging equipment
3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Grinding wheel arbors
Pry bars
Inside micrometers
Chucks
Turret lathes
Threading machines
Thread gauges
Ratchet sets
Radial drill presses
Aviation snips
Turning lathes
Workshop cranes
Outside micrometers
Calipers
Horizontal lathes
Flat files
Boring tools
Milling vises
Cylindrical grinders
Single-cut mill saw files
Vertical milling machines
Edge finders
Vernier gear tooth calipers
Torches
Micrometers
Engine lathes
Metal spray equipment
Magnetic retrievers
Rubber mallets
Knee mills
Punches
Parallel blocks

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